field that includes former president donald trump, who had a landslide victory in iowa last monday. he rose to popularity as a former reality television star known for his new york real estate empire. the twice impeached president is expected to have a busy 2024 notjust on the campaign trail, but in the courtroom where he faces 91 criminal charges across four cases this year. and gaining ground on trump 5 lead in new hampshire is former south carolina governor nikki haley. haley previously said she wouldn t challenge her former boss for the presidency but changed her mind citing the need for generational change. she served as a former us ambassador to the united nations under trump. when elected governor in 2011, haley was the youngest and first minority female governor in the us. new hampshire democrats are not sitting this primary out. there were 21 democrats running for president on today s ballot among them congressman dean phillips and marianne williamson. but one na
his first on camera statement about the strikes calling the houthis terrorists and warning against more aggression in the red sea. no, iran does not want a war with us. inaudible. i think they are. were the strikes successful last night, sir? yes. i don t think there s any civilian casualties, that s another reason why it s a success. a little earlier, we got an update on the strikes and the threat of a regional conflagration with major general patrick ryder, press secretary for the us defence department. major general, the houthis have now retaliated, launching a ballistic misisle. what exactly impact has that had so far? what we know right now is that they have launched a single missile. the initial reports are that it has not struck anything. it landed in the water. we ll continue to monitor the situation. it s important to understand the context. as you know last night, the us and the uk, with support from australia, bahrain, canada and the netherlands, conducted st
multiple tornadoes tear through mississippi. the search for survivors. a weekend of mass shootings, some of them deadly, but when it happened twice last month in another country they took quick and decisive action richard engel is there. the new boom in building not to buy but to rent. what s behind it in our series priced out. on juneteenth celebrations across america. and a field of dreams reborn as a testament to the past. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. tonight near the site of one of the 20th century s worst ocean disasters a new undersea drama is unfolding. right now the u.s. coast guard leading the urgent search for a group of modern-day adventurers after the submersible carrying them to the titanic shipwreck lost contact with the surface yesterday about an hour and 45 minutes into their journey five people are on board the vessel, which is used to carry paying passengers to see the titanic up close. the s
contact lost for more than 24 hours as the tourist vessel made its way toward the titanic, 12,000 feet down. rough seas, rain and fog hampering the search and rescue efforts for those on board, including a billionaire businessman and explorer. late details just in tonight. also tonight, the high-stakes summit between china s president xi jinping and secretary of state antony blinken. a chance to reset rising tensions that have only gotten worse since the u.s. shot down a spy balloon. our one-on-one interview with the secretary of state. the nonstop threat of tornadoes. one dead and almost two dozen injured as multiple tornadoes tore through mississippi. the search for survivors. a weekend of mass shootings, some of them deadly, but when it happened twice last month in another country they took quick and decisive action. richard engel is there. the new boom in building not to buy but to rent. what s behind it? in our series priced out. on juneteenth celebrations ac
strategy planned parenthood in illinois team up to expand abortion access. how that partnership could be a blueprint for other states with restrictive trigger laws. you are watching symone, and we ve got a lot to talk about. we start with breaking news, a new report from a texas house investigative committee paints a damning portrait of the police response in uvalde were gunman murdered 19 children and two children in may. the committee learned that there were nearly 400 state and federal officers on the robb elementary school campus that day. yet surveillance footage released confirms officers waited for more than an hour before finally confronting the shooter. the report states at robb elementary law enforcement responders failed to adhere to their active shooter training and failed to prioritize saving the lives of innocent victims over their own safety. out of those 400 officers, as of now, according to the texas tribune, only one has been placed on leave. here with the l